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D. HWENSTINE.

Horse HayAFOl-fk.

No. 74,538. Patented Feb. 18,1868.

` @niirt gieten @nicht @Hita DAVID HO'WEN'STINE, OFiMARS-HALLVILLE, OHIO. ASSIGNOR TG HlM- SELF AND PATERSON V. WILKINS. l

Lette-rs PatentNo. 74,538, dateduFebrum'y 18, 1868.-

lMPROVBMBNT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS. A

TO-ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it `known that I, DAVID J. HoWENsTINE, ot'vMansh-allville, in the county of Wayne, in the State of Ohio, have invented anewrand improved Machine to Uuload Hay with the Assistance ot' Horse-Power; and I do' hereb;r declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists of an upright rod, A, the lower part of which extends through 'a tube, B, resting on a shoulder, C, preventing it from passiuguany furtherthrongh; then a nut or boss, D, fastened to the lower epd of rod A, to prevent;l it from `lifting out of' tube B; also allowing rod A to revolve in tube B. To the nut D are attached the prongs 1 and 2, which are coiled in the sarnedirection, in the manner of a corkscrew, being stationary on the rod A. .The tube B has also two prongs, 3l and 4, which coil in an opposite direction from-the prongs l and 2, vso that when' pressed in the hay, the two iusideprougs l and 2 revolve in -an opposite direction from` the outside prongs 8 and 4, and by the latch E, which extends through rod A in a mortise, and latches in the niches on the topof tube B, which have sqnare shoulders on one side, and slope out on the other, to allow the latch to slide over the niches when the prongs are entering the hay, and to retain them iu'that position when entered, until the hay is carried te the desired point, when, by raising the latch by a cord, F, the weight of thehay rolls the prongs backend falls oi. The spring on the`top of the latch is to press it into the niches, andthe ring `or hole in the top of rod A is to fasten'the rope G which raises'f lliev'ork, and also to draw the cord F through which raises the latch. i g

What I claim, as-my invention, and desire to secure by Letters, Patent, is

The spiral tines land 2, attached to revolving shaft A, in combinationwith the spira-l tines 3 and 4,' attached to the 'sleeve B, in combination with latchE and rope F, when arranged and operatingY substantially as herein described.

DAVID J. HOWENSTINE.

Witnesses JoHN Cools,

GABRIEL HERMINGER. 

